Automatic plate-carrier.



msemvv. I PATENTEDO0T.15, 19117.

I. JAMES.

: AUTOMATIC PLATEUARRIER'.

APPLIOATION um) we. 2d. 1906.

Nl'lE SATES ATENT BEIGE AUTOMATIC PLATE-CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JAMns, a subject of the King of GreatBritainand Ireland, and a resident of Vine House, Grown street,Morriston, in the county borough of Swansea, Wales, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Plate-Carriers for Usein the Manufacture of Tin and Terne Plates, for which I have obtained apatent in Great Britain, No. 16,967 bearing date 22d August, 1905, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of automatic carrier for usein the manufacture of tin and terne plates and has for its object to soconstruct and arrange such carrier that the plates are carried in acurved posi tion from the finishing rolls to the branning machinewithout the intervention of manual labor or any chance of damaging theplates by the use of tongs or the like, so that by the use of anautomatic carrier constructed, arranged and operating as hereinafter setforth half the list which now exists in the present way of finishingcoated plates is saved.

In. carrying the said invention into effect, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings which illustrate acarrier in plan Figure l and insectional elevation Fig. 2, a represents a guide in which is adapted towork the linger b kept up to its work by the rolling weight (Z and e theguide frame for the same, said frame being attached to the grease potcasing in any suitable manner. The linger I) is at its rear end providedwith a slotf Working over a suitable pin to limit the amount of traveland 9 represents a stationary guide or stud upon which said linger 1)works. To allow ier the increase of the weight on the plates accordingto the thickness or number of plates to be treated I provide a slot 0 inthe casin g a in which a roller 0 is free to work.

In working, the plates rise up vertically between the finishing rollsa", a in the grease pot to and strike on the underside of the backguides h, which may be of any desired curvature and which work in ahorizontal direction on the pivots 0 in the slotted bar a so that saidplates are pressed forward, 1'. 0. carried in a curved position so as tofall on the cradle arms '5 which are free to tilt and to permit the.plates to slide in the direction of the branning machine, but beforethe plates fall on to Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Ainlication filed August 20, 1906. Serial No- 331,339.

the arms 1', which are mounted on bearings j on the shaft m, they arecaught at their lower end by the automatic linger or guide 12 whichprevents them falling forward before the required time, the plates beingheld between the fingers 1), guides h and the rear end of the cradlearms. Directly the plate has passed the fingers b the cradle arms 2' aredepressed (weight of plates effecting this) and the plates shot into thebranning machine, the arms 1' returning to their original position underthe action of their counterweights 7c, amount of movement being limitedby means of stops Z. The guides h are mounted in the slotted bar it inorder that they may be adjusted to compensate for plates of differentsizes.

Although only shown in the drawing as arranged for a three plate carrieryet it is to be understood that a greater number may be used ifnecessary and that instead of carrying a series of separate plates onelong plate may be carried at a time Without departing in any way fromthe nature of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination, means for elevating plates, a carrier normallyhorizontal, a Weight on the carrier to hold it in its normal positionand means for guiding the plates to the carrier.

2. In combination, means for elevating plates, 21 depressible carrier,means for limiting the movement of the carrier and means for guiding theplates to the carrier.

3. In combination, means for elevating plates, a guide, a finger movabletherein contacting with the plates and a Weight movable in the guidecontacting with the finger.

l. In combination, means for elevating plates, a guide having a slot. afinger movable in the guide and a roller mounl'eil in the slots.

In combination. means for elevating plates, :1 guide having a slot, afinger movable in the guide and a roller mounted in the slots. saidroller being above the finger.

(i. In COlllblllfll'lUll, means for elevating plates, a guide, 21 lingercarried by the guide contacting with the plates and a stud carried bythe guide on which the finger rests.

in testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' THOMAS JAMES.

Witnesses \VILLIAM 1). Runs, TREVOR THOMAS.

